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MAIL SACK TAG. h I No. 292,632. PatentedJan. 29, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DWENGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MAI L-rSACK TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,632, dated January 29, 1884. r

v Application filed October 26, 11383. (No modeLl To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DWENGER, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Mail-Sack Tag,- of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved tag for mail sacks, bags, and pouches, which tag can easily and rapidly be attached .to and detached from the mail sacks or bags. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which a perspective view of my improved mailsack tag is shown.

The tag is formed of a piece of wood, A, provided with a longitudinal slot, B, and with a transverse slot or cut, 0, in one of the sides, near the end of the slot B and the end of the piece of wood, which transverse slot or cut 0 forms aspring-tongue, D. The transverse slot is not cut through the tongue at right angles to the surface of the same, but is inclined from the outer toward the inner surface of the same, and also toward the upper end of the slot B, as shown. That side of the slot B opposite to the one formed by the inner surface of the tongue D is beveled from about the middle of its length to the lower end, so that the tongue D will have a uniform thickness and agreater spring.

If the tag is to be fastened to a mailsack,

.the transverselyslotted end of the tag is passed under the cord with which the sack is tied, and the slotted end of the tag is moved 5 outward to cause the cord to pass through the slot 0 intothe slot B, the free end of the tongue D being pressed inward slightly.

If the tag is to be removed or detached, it is so adjusted that the cord will beat oneend of 0 the transverse cut or slot 0, and then the tag is pressed inward at the said end of the slot,thereby causing the cord to pass out of the slot 13 through the slot 0. The name of the post-office at which the sack is to be delivered is stamped, written, branded, or otherwise marked on the tag.

In place of making the tag of wood, it can be made of metal, hard rubber, 850., wood being preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A mail-sack tag formed of the rigid piece A, having the longitudinal beveled slot B, the

transverse slot 0, and the spring-tongue D, 55 .allsubstantially as shown and described.

GEORGE W. DWENGER. 

